Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 23, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 16 May 1844 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

Not Crcar' ivcal, but that fKome,1 07-Advertisers, yearly and all others, are

referred to our first pnffe for terms, &.C., from which no deviation will be made in any case.

FRIDAY, : : MAY 17, 1811 FOR PRESIDENT.

HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, OF NEW JERSEY. STATE ELECTORS. , . Henry S. LanC, of Montgomery; Joseph G. Marshall, of Jefferson. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. John A. TJrackenridgc, of Warrick; 2. James Collins, of Floyd: 3. John A. Matson, of Fraiiklin; 4. Samuel W. Parker, of Fayette; 5. Hush O'Neal, of Marion; G. George G. Dunn, of Lawrence; T. It. W. Thompson, of Vigo; 8. William Homes, of Carroll; 0. John I Biddlc, of Cass: 10 Lewis S. Thompson, of Allen. CLAY CLUB. There will be a meeting of the Clay Club in the court house on next Saturday eveniug the 18th Inst., at half past 7 o'clock. Sever al addresses will be delivered on the occasion. As the candidates have been nomina ted for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the Nation as well as our County ofiicers, a large audience is expected. The Ladies are respectfully invited to at tend. 'I. KEEN, Secr1y. To the Editor of the Journal. Senate Chamber, Washington May 7, IS l l. Sir: -It will be gratifying to your readers to learn that the Bill granting about 800,000 acres, (the half of tho land in the Vinccnncs District,) to Indiana for the construction of the Canal from Terre Hauta to Evansvillc, and tho bill appropriating $100,000 to t!,e Cumberland Road iu Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, each pascilahc Senate to day, and -'lire sent to the House. Yours rcsp'ly. ALliT. S. WHITE. Qj-We rcftr our readers to our founh psgo far Mr. Clay's Letter on the Texas question. ftT-We arc indebted to Major SeMANs, F.di tor of tho Tlppoctnoo Journal, and one ol the Dc'lrau j fiotn this State to the n.ikiiiiore Coiivi nMi'ii, for a Caiiinioro paper containing tlie i r . t j !! '"s of the Convention, i.i advance of tho . ,u mil ue seen ironi tlic tr...v J.;d sin' i of our c luinns, unavoidably post-pi!-,;ij-J. We jo u'jlo to catch u; with tho ::-.;3 long before the August' e'.crtion H it. however, without Usuiu three r t u txna blitttS. Oj-Wc tciurn our thanks to those friends who have busied themselves in procuring subscriber for our Extra Journal. So far ' they have done well, and we have their promises thai they will do better. Stir up your neighbors, friends, and point llistiii to our prospectus in to day's paper I)y the way tho follow ing train tlie Indimia State Journal is in placo hero. The Journal says: ''We take this occasion to say to tue Wuiosoftue ''Pocket," thut upon them, more tha.11 any other section of Indiana, devolves the responsibility oi the complexion of tho next legislature. The southern tier of counties has, w believer their strength has been put forlh,helJ the talest whig banner. They must do it again. If they would do so they MUST ENCOURAGE THEIR PRESSES. The New Albany Gazelle", Harrison Gazette, Rockport Herald, Evansville Journal, Louisville Journal, and Wbig Rifle, should be sown, thick as autumn leaves, through lilt whole district.'! - 03 We return our thanks to J. A.BuackrNitiDUi:, Esci'k., for a list of fifty subscribers to our extra, to be sont to IVarrick County; wc hopo our friends throughout fie Dis trict will help us in circulating the Journal. ' C7Mr. Van Burcn is out in a seven col unm lcttcr,.addrcssod to a Mr. Ilammct on the subject of the Texas Annexation. We have waded throimlj it and incline 10 the opinion that it is against tho immediate an noxation of Texas. Tho editorial coircspon dent of tho N. Y. Tribune, under date of the 3th tilt., thus expresses the sentiment al Washington in regard to it: hid. Jour, - Van Biiren's Letter on annexation "13 just out iu tho Globe. It a very long and very unsatisfactory to all parties. 1 ho subject f discussion iu tho public rooms to-day is, .Is Van for or against Annexation? those who have but glauccd over his letier, or read tlio two first columns, say he 'a for it, but I rafter readin-' tlie whole: understand him atrainsl it, and means to make tho Annex ulioijits believe ho could and would bring it about, if restored to tho Executive Mansion 1 doubt their disposition to trust him. Mr llim:nct1s letter, to which his is a response is so psrempiory and so plump in its intirm lion, 'S ty annexation or wc drop youi' that 1 apprehend the rab;u Annexationists do not tnnan to extend the Credit byslem in ins Lie . lull or any body's. 2'iicy rnoan to run an unconditional, whole-hog Annexationist como peace or war, honor or perfidy. Van will have to write nrriiii to bring himself with in tho category. IV.iit contrast between Ii'sj seven columns and City's two. How much easier an I briefer h franknesi th in in

shjcenty and equivocation?

PROCEEDING'S OF THE WHIG CON

VENTION OF VANDERBURGH CO. CONVENED AT THE COURT HOUSE IN EVANSVILLE, ON SATURDAY THE 10th DAY OF MAY, 1811. On motion of David Ncglcy, Esq., of Pi geon lownship, Martin Miller, .Lsf., ol Kinght Township, was called to the chair, and Patrick Kcagan, and J. W. Stevens, Esqs., were appointed Vico Presidents; and John M. Slockwcll was appointed Secreta ry. The following is a list of tho delegates from tho different Townships represented in the convention, to wit: From Union Town ship, Wilson Shook, Henry Howard, and Jas. Neal, Esqs. From Perry Township, John M. Grimes, Vivion D. Grimes, Bcnoni Stinson, Henry A. Morgan, and Jas. Houston, Esqrs. From Scott Township, Jas. White, F. B. Goslcy, W. Hillyard, A. Hillyard, and Richaid S. Browning, Esqrs. From Kinght Township, Martin Miller, Jas. Knight, David Aikin, Jr., and Ncriah Barnes, Esqrs. From Centre Township, Win. Olmstead, Jr., Zcrah Fairchild, J. W. Stevens, Patrick Kcagcn, and A. B. Lockhart, Esqrs. - From Pigeon Township, David Ncglcy, Thomas Gilford, John S. Hopkins, Lewis Howes,- and J. M. Slockwcll, Esqrs. On motion of David Ncglcy, Esq., a com mittee of six, consisting of one delegate appointed by each Township was raised for the purpose of recommending to the con vention the name of one person as a suitable candidate for Representative, one person os a suitable candidate for County Treasurer; one pcrsou as a suitablo candidate for Coun ty Commissioner; and one person as a suit able candidate for Assessor. And the com mittee having retired for a short time, returned into the convention and reported" the following names, to wit: For Representative William Olmstead. For county Treas urer, Abraham B. Lockhart. For Commissioner, Wm. G. McDowell. For Assessor Henry P. Vaughn. For Associate Judge Silas Stephens, to fill the vacancy which will be occasioned by the resignation of Judge Olmstead. The report of the committee was then considered by the Convention, and unanimously adopted. Resolved, That wc heartily and unanimously endorse, and pledge ourselves on all suitablo occassions to maintain the senti ments contained in the following resolutions adopted by the Fayette County Convention, to wit : Resolccd, That we agree with Gen. Jacksou ia the following sentiments expressed by him in his Message of July 10, 1832 to-wit:, 'A Bmk of the UuiteiSutaifcift.MKXuseful o the people1' that as to the old Bank there is a "practicability of organizing an Institution combining all its advantages and obviating these objections" and with lin.i we "do not entertain a doubt that a Bank of the United States, competent to all the duties which may be required by the government, might bo so organized as not to infringe 011 our own delegated nowcrs,or the reserved rirrKts of the Stales." Resolved, That we accord with Mr. Callotfn in ihc sentiments expressed by him in lis speech of 1831, advocating an extension of the charier of the old Bank of the United Slates to-wit: that it was an indespensabic agent in . the restoration of specie payments, that without it the restoration could not have been effected, short of the utter prostration of all the moneyed institutions of the coun try, and an entire depreciation of bank pa)Cr; and that it not only restored specie viymcnts, but gave a currency far more uniform, between the extremes of the country," ihrm was anticipated, or even dreamed of, at the time.11 - Resolved, That we regard an exclusively tnelalic currency, for this age and country, os wl oily impracticable- and . were it practicable, it would be ruinously impolitic and therefore to secure to tho people an uni form standard of valucs,as well as of Weights and Measures, is as much the duty of the general government to regulate the paper as the specie circulation and to this end, if noth ing better can bo had we aro for an old fashioned Bank of the United Slates. Resolccd, That wo agree with Thomas Jell'oison iu tho following sentiments ex pressed by him iu 1793, to-wit: that free. commerce and nicigation ARE NOT TO BE GIVEN iu.exchauge for restrictions and vexations, nor are they likely to produce a relaxation of them. When a nation imposes high duties on our productions, or prohibits them altogether, it may be proper for us to do the same by theirs; first, burdening or ex cluding those productions, which they bring here iu coiripction wilhour own of tho same kind; selecting next such manufactures as we take from them in the greatest quantity and which at the same time wo could tho soonest furnish ourselves or obtained from other countries; imposing on thorn duties lighter at first, but hf.avie;i and IIEAVJ L'U afterwards, as other channels of supply open. Resolccd, That wo approve of tho scnti meuts of General Jackson as expressed in the following extract from his letter to Dr

Coleman, shortly prior to his first election

to the Presidency, to-wit: "I will ask, what is tho real situation of tho agriculturalist? Where has tho American Farmer a market for his surplus products? Except for cotton, he neither has a fcrek'u nor a homo market. Docs this not cleaily prove, when there is no market cither at home or abroad, that thcro is too much labor employed in agricullurj, and that the channels for labor should be multiplied. Common sense points out at once tho remedy. Draw lrom agriculture this superabund ant labor employ it iu mechanism and man ufactures, thereby creeling a uojie mar ket for your bread-stuflrf and distributing labor to tho most profitable amounts and benefits for the country will result. In short sir, wc have been too long subjected to the policy of BRITISH merchants'.! It is time we should become a little more AMERI CANIZED!" Rcsohcd, Thatwc repudiate as undescrving of support or countenance, all politicians who agree with Mr. Van Bureu in his letter of the 18th of Feb. 1843 where he says "I have at no time or any where hesitated to express m) decided disapprobation of the tariff act of last session, as well in ruspect to the principle upon which it 'js founded,as to its detail." Resolved, That on the subject of the Taritf so far from agreeing with Gen. Howard, of this Stale, "that if we did not need money for the support of the Government wc should have NO TARIFF, and whenever ihc necessity ceases, THE TARIFF SHOULD CEASE" wo arc directly on the other side of that question and snythat the tariff should never cease, so long as the forced productions of tho Paupers and Vassals of foreign kings drag down the products of the free American Laborer to their starv ing standard nor so long as the balance of trade runs against our own country for wo hold, so long as these ends arc unaltaiued the tiieory only, and not the practice, of the principles introduced iu tho American Rev olution, will have been established. licsolrcd, That as to the Public lands we approve of tho sentiments of Gen. Jackson as cxpicsscd in his annual Message ot 1S32 that having been "ceded to the United Slates, for the purpose of general harmony, and as a fund to meet tlie expenses of war1 "ihc land may now be considered :is re lieved from this pledge, tho object for which they were cede JJiaving been accomplished and that it is "best to 'abandon tho idea of raisin" a future reveuuo out of " tho Public 7csohcd, That wc approve of the plan of distributing the proceeds of tho sales of the public lands among the several States,!o relieve the states from direct taxation as far as possible, and to enable them the easier to sustain the immense burdens entailed upon them by the disastru3 prostration of the' Amcr ican system and the ruinous policy end recommendations of National Locoloco Lc? islation. llcsolccd, JThdi wc abhor the doctrine of Mr. Van Burcn iu his special Message of Sept. dlli, 1837 that "all communities arc APT to looJc to government for too much and that the American People ARE PRONE TO DO SO, especially at periods of sudden cmbarrasmcut and distress. Aud bo it further rcsohcd, That this cold hearted insensibility tor tlie the distress of the People so long as THEIR Government can afford them aid, could only be expected from the Federal Locofocoism of one, who like Mr. Van Burcn, was hohn and raised in one of ihc most ultra Federal Counties in tho State of New York. One, whoso favorite brother and early pa tron was an ultra Federalist. One whose, professional Preceptor was an ultra Federalist. One, who in ISl'Z supported the Fedcra candidate for tho Presidency against the re election ot Madison tho candidate of the Democratic republican War party the fath er of tho Constitution. One, who in 1811), in the Legislature 0 N. Y. supported that ultra Federalist Ru fusKing for U. States Senator, against the democratic candidate. One, who in 1821 in the convention to frame a constitution for the Slate N. York opposed the unineksal suituace that now appertains in nearly every State in the Union and proposed and advocated a PROPERTY ttUALiHCATiON which iu the language of Gen. Root would exclude from the poll ooijuii'.uowiio wu'iu witu iwomgornery tinder the walls ofQuebec, aud under Wayne at Stony Point whilst it ADMITTED A NEGRO if ho ouly had .$250 worth of pro peny. tt t... i. . jhv, w no iu uiu sdiuu convention nau so liltlo confidence in tho people as to advo caio tho taking from the people, direclly,thc selection of 3000 of their civil officers and strenuously oppose permitting thorn to elect their own justices of the Peaco declariu", in tho debate on that subject: "That tho furlh er tins power count bo removed from tlio People TII11 BETTER." One, in fine, tlio policy of whose political life his been "Let the People take care of themselves and the Government will take

care of itself" "To the victors belong tho

spoils." Resolccd, 1 hat in common with the whole Whig army of tho Union wc have but one choico for the next President of the United States that choice wc need not name: When wc k ay wc aro whigs, the world knows it, and that we fully agree with the sentiments expressed by Thomas II. Benton in 1821, that "the principles which would govern Mr. Clay's administration, if eloctcd,are well known to the Nation. They have been displayed on the floor of Congress lor the last seventeen now nearly forty years. They constitute a system of American Policy, based on tho Agriculture, and the Manufactures of his own country upon interior as well as foreign commerce upon internal as well as Sea-board improvements upon the independence of the New World" and wc further agree with Mr. Benton in the same paper, that where "it is said that others would pursue the same system; we answer, that tho FOUNDER of the system, is the natural EXECUTOR of HIS OWN WORK." On motion of J.M. Slockwcll it was unan imously Rcsohcd, That we recommend the nominees of this convention to tho unanimous support of the whigs of Vanderburgh, and pledge to each of them every honest exertion iu our power to secure their election. Rcsohcd, Thatwc deem it especially important to secure tho- election of tho Old Farmer to the Legislature. . Rcsohcd, That in our support of the nominees of tho late Baltimore Convention, wc are only adopting the best means of carry ing out the doctrines of our wing brethren throuohout the Union. Rcsohed, That in order to show to the Whigs of Indiana, that we henriily concur in the nominations made by the Baltimore con vention, and to show to tho world thatwc are ready to do battle in the support of whig mnciplcF, we pledge ourselves, that Van derburgh shall, at tho coming Presidential election, give the Farmer of Ashland, a ma jority unprecedented in the history of tlie "Pocket County." Rcsohed, That wcarc deeply impressed with the nccessity'and importance of presenliiKf a 11 11 win:? licuet to tlio peop'e, and especially of securing a proper candidate forState Senator, and being unanitnousy of the opinion that the candidate for that office, should be from Posey County. Wc therefore submit the selection ot a suitable candidate to tho discretion of the Whigs ol Posey; and pledge ourselves to suppoit uny good whig that -tlity may see fit to nominate. On Motion of David Nc!ey, Lsq., it was unanimously Resolved, 1 hat the whigsot Vanderburgh County have every confidence in the lal cnts, integrity, and patriotism of our late Senator, Hon. John Pitcher, and should Hie whigs of Posey county again place his name before the people of this Senatorial District, as a candidate for tho oilico which he has latclv filled with so much honor to himself and credit to his constituents, we . pledge our undivided support, and earnestly request convention be published in the Evansvillc Journal. On Motion the Convention adjourned sine die. MARTIN MILLER, Prcst Patrick Reagan. i ,r. t iv f Vice Pics J. M. Stockwell, Sec. SHOCKING OUTRAGE. RIOT AND MURDERS IN PHILADEL PHIA. We arc indebted to Mr. Fairchild for a copy of iho Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday lasl, giving an account of riots and murders in Philadelphia. Tho riot began thus: The Natives held a meeting at Kensing ton. I hat meeting was attacked and disr pcrscd by foreigners'. On Monday, thcGth, another meeting was organized; that was attacked. Clubs, brickbacls, fire-arms were used; houses stoned, and tho Native Ameri cans retreated, defending themselves with sloncs and pistols. Once they gained an advantago over their alien assailants. But the rioters became more fierce; they poured in a sharp fire; aud the Natives retreated from the ground. A number of men were killed and wounded. George Shifilcr was shot by an Irishman and died almost iusfautIv. The Irish were in houses, and fired some 20 or 30 shots. Joseph Cox, C. Jackson, John Deal, George McCalmot, Samuel Boatly, Charles Vanstavcrn, Henry Temper, Edward Spain and David Ford, were severely wounded. Mr. Devclin's house was torn down, John Talfarty's injured! The whole Irish population turned out; men, women and boys cheered on the men, and furnished them with stones, ,and ammunition and clubs! i fast 12 o'clock, P. M. About 10 o'clock an attempt was made by a part of the crowd to burn down tho fence which encloses the Nunnery. They were fired upon by a party of Irish, and five of them shot. One, Nathan Ramsey, a blind maker, in Third st., near Brown, was mortally wounded. J. W Wright, son of Mr. Wright, of the firm of Wiight iSc Nephew, salt merchants who was a silent spectator, was shot through the head, and fcSi dead on the spot! The Native American held a meeting on Tuesday, the 7ih inst., in the Slate House yard they adjourned to tho corner of Sec ond and Saster streets, where ihcy proceed ed with their flag, occupying the market place. ' .Several guns were fired at them from the windows opposite the meeting; one man was killed, and several wounded. Tho houses

were then attacked; the firing continued briskly, and much loss of life and destruction of properly followed. J. Wesley Rhincdollar, Matthew Hammit,

Lewis Gricblc,and John Luster, were killed. Wounded, Geo. Young, Augustus Pealc, Wri"ht Adis, W. E. IIilman,Jamcs Whittakcr, Chas.Ortc, Henry Ilenlepoth, Willis II. Bio ney, J. M. Lawrence. Iu the afternoon the houses on Cad walladcr street were fired, and burned down. No engines were allowed to approach them. Tho military force headed by Gen. Cadwal lader were ordered out, and about dark they marched to the spot where the riots and mur ders had taken place. Quiet followed: all firi no-ceased. Two men were seized, John O'Conner andjOwcu Daily,in a house whore another man had his arm torn by the bursting of a gun, and another gun was found loaded with nearly two ounces of slugs! John, Taggart was taken up as the murderer of Rhinediller, and while being conveyed to prison was almost killed by tho mob. Nathan Ramsey, Tobacconist, wounded on Monday, died on Tuesday. Later accounts, at 9 o'clock of Tuesday the 7th represent the riots at that hour as mere fierce than ever. The Native Americans held a meeting, and passed strong resolutions against tho murdcrers,(offering 1000 for their apprehension,) and against being attacked by forigncrs while treading their na tive soil, and discussing matters touching tho public good. They then proccded to the scene of the riot. Here an Irishman, who had shot an American, was caught. Two pistols were fired at him. He was then seized, dragged down the street, with a rope around his neck, and hanged at tho market house. The Hibcrni Hose House, from which shots were fired, was burned down. In ad dition, oue square of housc3 in Master street was burned! Three men were killed! up wards of thirty wounded!! and the city in a scene of tremendous excitement!!! Sadder scenes than had occurred were anticipated before morning Such id the statement as furnished Whether exaggerated, arc unable to state. We fear, however, lrom tlie lxtra o! the Age, and from private accounts, that Philadelphia was the scene of a most terrible riot, and that great loss of life and property has been the conscqueucc. Wednesday Morning Report says the riots still continued worse than ever. About forty wcro killed St. Michael's Church was r.-' j - um -mr nnii vit "lliU Rail Road and other places were pouring into Philadelphia to help their countrymen Still Later. A mass meeting of the Native Americans was held on Wednesday (some seven thousand present) and organ ized. T. R. Newhold was called to the Chair. Vico Presidents, A. DeKilb Tarr, R. W. Green, John D. Fox, John II. Gehon Thomas D. G rover, and Col. John S. War ncr. Mr. Ncwlold addressed the meeting, as also Col. Jack, Mr. Ilolliughcad, and Mr John Perry. At Ono o'clock, 011 Wednesday the 8th, an other American was shot dead in the streets. Tho Irish wcro infuriated. The people were arming! Firo arms were discovered in various out-liouscs in Kensington At h past 2, hundreds of Irish who fled from Kensington, arc arming themselves at Richmond. At 4 P. M., the Riots were renewed, ono Church burned, several buildings destroyed, and more lives lost. The number of persons killed were put down in ono account at 50, in another at 80; find, what is more, force and more shedding of blood, it wa3 thought, could only stop tlio riot. 'Wc suppose the church burned to be St. Michaels. At past 4, the conflict was hotter. Nothing could check a general fight. The natives resolved to hold their ground and, report says that at five o'cock the Irish wcro giving way before them. A bloody night's work was anticipated! Tho cause of these riots all parlies admit. It arose from an attack by Aliens 'upon Americaus who had met together peacibly to consult on public matters. Tho right thus to meet is a sacred one, and the decree of tho law and of tho pooplo is that it shall be maintained inviolate. It is an inherent principle of tho very liberty wc possess. On it, with the freedom of speech which accompanies it, rests our Republican Institutions. And there is no man, native and to tho manor born, who would not resist, any countryman of his to tho death, did ho dare tamper with a right so sacred, and what shall wc say, what do, when the Alien whom wc shelter and protect lifts up his arm in wicked and bloody violence, to strike down this right? Let him perish rather! When an Alien force can prevent the native-born from assembling, peacefully together, or when after so assembling Alien bands may shoot dead on his birth-soil the freeman of the land with impunity,' there wilt be no law or liberty left to tho country worth preserving. Wc

trust those wicked men who disturbed the

meeting at Kensington, and who afterwards murdered tho citizens of Philadelphia la. cold blood, with their abettors, will be ferreted out, alul punished with all severity which crimes of so dark a hue merits We would not tamper with them in any way, or for any ends. We would not brook their spirit, be the cost what it may.' Both should be met and crushed at once so crushed that tho citizen would ' feel secure in liia rights, and the Alien know that these rights were sacred at least against all foreign assailants. For the Evansville Journal. Mr. Editor : As the candidates for the different offices in the gift of the people haa began one after another, to announco their names for the people to decide which has th qualifications best suited for tho different offices they propose to fill, we would suggest i n . ! . . trmtnk tlm onltimna iC vnnr vnlru 7 u , r . able paper, a few hints about electioneering. It has heretofore been the coslum for the office hunters to go from house- to house, besreinst tho votes of every individual,' and thercbv cause themselves many a hard days ride, and tho farmer . much touble. Th srrcatcr part of the people consider it a nuis ance, so much so, that the same of an clcc-t tionccnns candidate lias become a bye word, and they are shunned and avoided as much as a sheriff with an execution. Wo would much rather hear them from tho stump in evary township a few days before tho election, than to Iw called from our work to listen to a lonir story concerning their misfor tunes, and their claims upon the public,and bo shook by tho hand and squeezed hard enough to make our eyes water. Aud every lime we meet them the same. dose is repeated, until after tho first Monday in August, then nil is peace, then if we chance to meet 1 defeated candidate it is a distant bow, and a half-way grin, and no more enqurics. Latest Intelligence by the Bivcr. Consress. On Thursday, nothing was done in either House except the ceremo nies on the announcement of the death of tho Hon. Henry R. Brinkerhoff, of Ohio a member of the House ot Itcprcscniaiives. On Friday, nothinir of interest was done in the Senate, which adjourned to Monday. In tho House, nolhui" was done but to lay the Locofoco tariff bill on iho table by a vote of 105 to 89 a test vole. The Clubo of Friday night complains bitterly of tho result, and accuses the Southern Locofocos of ' . ..... t . i indiiforence to the tariU bill and too mucu zcai in President making. ' Senator Taitan.- It seems that the Senate have found out that Mr. Tappan is the man who was guilty of violating tlie confidence of the body to which lie belongs, by sending off the Texas treaty and documents to be published in a New York paper. Nothpanishment of the infamous offence.Tho Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American, writes under date of the Dili: . ; "The Senate were between two and three hours in executive session last evening", discussing what should be done with Mr. Tappan of Ohio, for his violation ot tho injunction of secrecy in exposing the treaty to annex Texas to the public eye. There was no definite action at the time of the adjournment, but the case will probably be disposed of at the next meeting of the Senate.". New Candidate. Tho Washington correspondent of tho New York Herald, writing under date of the 8th inst., says that Gen. Bodge, Indian fighter from Wisconsin, will probably be the Locofoco candidate for the Presidency that tho Van Burcn members refuse to unite on Cass or Stewart because they have been manoeuvring to throw their master overboard. He says he has seen a list of 83 Locofoco merakers of Congress who are opposed to Mr. Van Bnren. Col. R. M. Johnson. This man arrived at Cincinnati on Monday on his way to tho East. It is sa.d he intends visiting Washington. No doubt he is after the Presidency. Dorr Convicted. An extra of tho Prov.idence Gazette, of Tuesday night week, says that Thomas W. Dorr has been convicicu uciore the supremo court ouno uuo of Rhode Island, sitting at Newport, of tho crirno of treason against tho State. The jury spent two hours and a quarter in deliberation on Monday night and on Tuesday morning, at two o'clock, rendered a verdict of GUILTY. . Mr. Dorr moved an arrest of judgement founded on a bill of exception. We loam by a citizen of our town who arrived her on yesterday from New Orleans, that news had reached thero from Galveston two hours before he left, that Gen. Santa Anna, President of Mexico, was dead. DICD. In Derby, Vermont, on 28th ult., of consumption. Miss Harriet, only daughter of J. G. and Betsey Chandler, aged 17 years and 10 months. She died happy in the Savior in whom the believed, and to whom she had given herself ot ttis early ne of nine years. About four years subsequent to her conversion, she made a public profession of Religion. Her loss to friends, of whom she possessed many, was her unspeakable gain. he has left an example worthy of a Christian, and a lite unspotted by the world. Her course was one of constant christian perseverance, and her life, though short, was to her, all that life can give; she was beloved by alt who knew her, and is mourned by friends and tho church, of which she was a megibcr. As she fell into the arms of tho Savior sho exclaimed, "Here Lord 1 give myaelf away" and to Him her spirit took iis flight without a struggle or a groan. In her sickness and death were strikingly illustrated the triumph of christaiu faith over sin and suffering. Com. Miss Chandler spent a few months in this village, some two or three years since, os a pupil in the Female Seminary, where she endeared herself to a email circle of friends by her diligence and proficiency in learuui, and by her uncommonly unliable, modest and chrisliau deportment. Her life though short, lias hoeu usefulher death, though early, was happy. Shall tho lesson they teoott be lost to her surviving associates. 'J St. Albans Messenger. ,